Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11
A MUNICIPAL JUNTO.

The following report of Alderman Hills
speech last Tuesday is taken from the
Evening Mail:
Alderman Hill then rose In his Own defense
and said that so far as the charge by implica-
ton against him was concerned, he defied any
man to prove that he had ever got one cent
from the city he did not honestly earn. he
said when he left for the north it was intima
ted here that he had skipped to CANADA, but
that he had not: he had stood on the lake shore
and looked at Canada on the other side, but ne
was back now. "Since have come back near
that there was talk o. pntt ng me behind the
bsIs. Put me behind the bare, but If go l will
pull SOMEBODY else with me. (Here the Al
defman made use of language unnt 1or
publication). When was first elected alder
man, and was chump enough to do what mayor
Broiles wanted me TO do, when was green
enough to pull with him In his effort to get
salary OF 5000 year, when any man of COM
mon sense ought to have Known that 1t was
against the law, 1 was all right; but now, when
| do not work in with him, am bounded about
until am sick and tired Of it,
The records, as published, of the doings
of the present city government have in
dicsted the existence of "a close cor
poration," wheel within wheel, to
farm out the favors and profits OF the
public service. The original constitu-
ton of the various committees was
regarded as rather prompt evidence
of the resolve to have o "new
desI," if not of the sctusl forma-
ton of ring composedof Ger
tain members, constituting majority,
of the city government. And this
sp sech of Alderman Hill must be regard
ed as "conflrmation strong as proof OF
holy writ" of the existence Of such mu-
nicipal ring. From Mr.. Hills vehement
evidence it would appe3r that one "re-
form" to be attained by the political up
heaval from which Fort Worth suffered
so much was the increase of the Mayors
salary to $4,000.
Whatever may be the criticism Of AL
derman Hills Judgment and discretion,
his boldness should meet the commenda-
ton Of every taxpayer in Fort Worth.
Nothing could be more frank than Mr..
Hills admission that he had worked with
Mayor Broiles to secure the latter q
$4,000 salary "knowing it to be against
the law" Aud it must grieve the Mayor,
in his present patriotic attitude, TO hear
a grave and reverend City Father de-
nouDcing himself as "s chump" for hav-
ing aided and abetted his honor in an un-
lswful attempt to bleed the taxpayers to
the tune of $4,000 annually. But Alderman
HIPS bold frankness does not pause
at self denunciatiCn for being 'a chump."
He goes further, and says if he is "put be-
hind the bars he will carry someone else
with him" Whether this significant
threat was made sin the heat of Ge-
bate" or for cogen reason, it will be POP =
ularlV construed as an admission or as an
accusation, CT SIS both, and confirms all
thst mas been suspected of the existence
OF municipal ring which was shattered
in the retention of Mr.. Thomas, who had
"a dead sinch" on someone.
To that "desd SINGH" be ali praise.
Now, let the grand jury do it's whole duty
not only in behalf of justice and of the
public, but in behalf of the members OF
the city government themselves. II none
of them are guilty of the laws violation,
the fact should be so demonstrated that
no one of them should rest under unjust
suspicious because Of Alderman HIPS
remarkable speech.